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Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing
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this is gonna sound like kinda dumb but i manage to keep my contacts off whatsapp by keeping my male friends hackers or others who respect privacy, and my female friends the type who i can convince to get the conversation going in a necessarily private direction. A lot of people did leave here in central america, guess we don't trust gringos so much after shit like ICE genocide
paywall link: https://outline.com/JV4xXe

edit: no longer working, apologies.
I used to feel same way. If I didn't produce 8 hours of code then I felt guilty. If I got stuck on problem for 8 hours then I felt guilty.

It took some time but now I realize that it is not code lines per hour that they hire me for but for my knowledge and experience. It is my ability to estimate work and deliver project on time. Also in knowledge professions, you are always thinking of the work even if not actively doung it.
Concentration of political power eventually leads to concentration of economic power ... this ultimately leads to monopolies in the commanding heights of the economy ... efficiency and innovation decreases with lack of competition in the market.

This is why centralized socialist states and autocracies don't produce world champion companies in the long run.
Yeah, I had a six digit ID. Six. Still remember it.

All I did with it, at the end, was sign in to make sure I still had access every year or so. Eventually I stopped and lost it.

I think the last genuine message I sent with it was on a Danger Hiptop in 2005.
Appreciate the tip-off
Fixing Joint Pain. A natural substance helped me fix my joint pain
Question: where/how are the `mv` and `pr` functions defined? And how does this even compile when it's using `gets` without `#include <stdio.h>` ?

I do see it's using the `implicit int` rule though.
The EU introduced a cap on such fees in 2015 after concerns they pushed prices up for consumers and unfairly burdened companies with hidden costs.

While this price increase is 'opportunism' on MasterCard's part, I've seen people argue this isn't a consequence of Brexit, even though ultimately it is. British consumers are no longer protected by the rather "feisty" pro-consumer EU courts and are now at the mercy of the rather less consumer friendly UK courts, so companies like MasterCard will be tempted to "have a go."

One possible consequence of this, especially if Visa decides to join in, is that some companies that are based in the EU for payments (such as Amazon) will open up UK subsidiaries which may actually have a benefit for the UK. Or they might just put their prices up a bit. We'll see..

I have also added this to http://brexitreality.org/ - a spreadsheet of post-Brexit "how it's going" stories which you might find useful or wish to contribute to.
Couriers definitely are not only fulfilling one order at a time. As you correctly surmise, that would not be possible to do economically.

Orders are routed so that couriers pick up multiple orders, and pickups and dropoffs can be interleaved to keep multiple orders live at all times.
RealTalk, generate life-like speech using only text inputs
Which programming is best for what propose?
Not sure how that will help but I can certainly say, much of the best content of HN as far as links go doesn't pass through the barrier of getting on the front page.

https://hckrnews.com sometimes catches those links but even then, it's nice to stroll through /new HN posts. I've been doing it for a while and it's around 600-1000 links (15 min time of the day)
You didn't really answer their question...

The candle was a candle and an electric bulb was an electric bulb. One could do things the other was not capable of.

FSD however, is pretty close to what humans do. It's cost that's the difference.

If you want a more apt analogy, this us more like the invention of a household CFL bulb.

It's cheaper, it increases accessibility and quality in some dimensions, but it's not allowing you to do so much that was utterly impossible before.

The comment you replied to wasn't saying FSD enables nothing new but rather that saying stuff like "change how people go to the office" is rather odd when today right now you can pay people for "FSD" and we already did see the shift from it...
I see the fee as largely a formality, you pay it then you think "might as well order from them since I paid for the membership". Then you have thier video streaming, subscribe and save, etc. It seems to pay for itself but it really increases the chance we'll order from Amazon over a third party (e.g. in Canada, Walmart is really a good alternative as long as you only by "sold as shipped by Walmart" items, but it is rarely the first place I go).
Would a jubilee cancel bonds?

Government bonds?

Bankruptcy is probably a better system, even if it is abused, as there is no need for everyone to plan around it. I suppose that is part of the intent of a jubilee though, to limit overall lending.
>The tariffs really struck me as contradictory to their intent.

Welcome to the post-1980 Republican party.
You just described the goal of capitalism. This is nothing specific to tech companies.
I believe Betteridge's Law of Headlines applies here.
Math studies structures - you invent some axioms, operations, rules, and whatnot and then discover the consequences of your invented definitions. Zero is a natural number, every natural number has a successor, addition works in such and such way by repeatedly invoking the successor function, multiplication works by repeated addition and now let's see what we got. Look, we can represent every natural number as a unique product of some special numbers, let's call them the primes. So it's invention and discovery on this front.

On the other hand the universe does not do whatever it likes, its bits and pieces show structure and regularities that we can discover by observing the universe. And now we invent mathematical structures that show the same patterns as we observed in the universe and if we have chosen the right mathematical structure, then discoveries in the mathematical structure will correspond the things in the universe and we should find them when we look. If not, we did not pick the correct mathematical model.

So as long as we are talking about mathematics that models parts of the universe, we should not be surprised to find it in animals or aliens as it helps to make sense of the universe and survive in it. When it comes to mathematics that we purely invented for the fun of it and that bears no relationship to the universe, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone in the universe comes up with totally different ideas of what things are interesting to investigate. Then on the other hand everything in the universe is subject to the laws of nature and maybe this prevents everyone from straying too far from the mathematics that models the universe.

And I think this also applies to logic - either P or not P is true is not some fundamental truth, it is one rule you can invent to build a logic. And it turns out that this logic matches the way the universe works at macroscopic scales very well, but go down into the realm of quantum mechanics and suddenly P and not P might be true at the same time. Or even be a meaningless statement to begin with.

There is also probably another complication, as you can model structures with other structures it is probably not that easy or even possible to say that this or that thing in the universe matches this or that mathematical structures because you could pick a different one and model the former one in it. Just because we can build all of mathematics on top of set theory it is probably not too useful to say that the universe is sets all the way down.
Elon basically tweeted that the legs are one of the single biggest 'battlegrounds' inside of SpaceX. There are tons of ideas and different approaches.

We will see what SN15 goes with. The current ones are defiantly not a final product.
I had once suggested that the main page be woven out of a combination of popular + new, perhaps 50/50:

1. popular

2. new

3. popular

4. new

This injects a lot of noise into the front page, because most of new is noise, but it helps.

Another option is to front-load popular stories, then have 10-20 "new" items at the bottom of the page. That way the front page remains highly salient, but anyone who merely scrolls more will also see a small chunk of new. So 1-30 popular (as it is now), then 30-45 new (making the frontpage longer).
Seems like an easy fix, obviously MasterCard are showing they are not to be trusted and therefore require regulation. I think they played themselves.
This sounds cool for sure.
You're an eel?!
Maybe space filling curve 2D to !D map gets you most of the way there?
Node.js race conditions
Zig Makes Go Cross Compilation Just Work
https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0325.htm#1
> what's stopping you from naming them?

And why do you care so much who they are? They didn't harm you and in reality they didn't harm anyone. In the real world people don't deal with minor contractual grievances by naming and shaming.
Sounds like it would break down real fast if it just says "we track BTC avg over X days" and has no means to defend it.

Consider the following scenario: your index (let's call it BTCEMA) tracks BTC at $30k but BTC does a crypto thing and drops $5k in a day, so it's now below the index. A lot of traders would sell your BTCEMA tokens to buy more real BTC expecting a recovery or get into stable coins expecting a further drop. At any rate, the exchange price of BTCEMA would drop due to sell pressure.

Your indicator has "broken peg" which is an ugly situation that threatens every artificial instrument in that space. The whole miracle mixture for algorithmical and asset-backed stable coins is to prevent such a situation to happen for a longer time. It's a bit too much to explain but they try to defend against this in different ways, e.g. reducing supply to hike price.

In your case, you'd need to buy BTCEMA from the market to prop up price for as long as it takes the moving average to digest the sudden price jump. You'd find yourself in the situation of the Bank of England trying to defend the Pound in 1992 and only making Soros rich instead.
Hopefully it helps revitalize HN's links.
Touch on laptops (and not tablets/convertibles) is great as a secondary input. I hate how Apple presents it as if it would replace trackpads on laptops, as opposed to being there for the occasional gesture.
I think one of the problems with most of the climate change and environmental articles like this is that they focus entirely on the negative.

We aren’t going to see the massive cultural change that it would take to bring massive (positive) environmental change, until we have a shared narrative of how it’s going to be awesome and make life better for all of us.

Collective action to “stop the bad thing” just doesn’t happen at the scale required unless the harm is severe, immediate, and personal. Environmental damage is not like that: each individual can barely perceive it. We do see some cultural change on the things people can perceive (such as recycling and litter reduction, the tremendous growth of “organic food”). But the majority of major environmental problems are big cumulative things that happen slowly over time and are hard for individuals to perceive.

Meanwhile, you read an alarmist article and the question is “so what am I supposed to do about it?” Until we have a shared narrative on what it is we’re supposed to be doing about it, and that shared narrative paints the picture of a better future where everyone can see themselves being happier, healthier, etc., bottom-up change won’t happen.

And in the western democracies, you (by design), won’t get dramatic, sweeping change until there’s broad bottom-up support.
I'm not convinced Tesla's passive safety features are better than those of other companies.

Given the track record of Teslas crashing into stationary obstacles, I'm not sure if they even use cameras for emergency breaking, or if it's just the radar based stuff every other car maker uses as well.
> I believe that crypto is the biggest thing to happen in the history of humanity

Is this a parody?
Yes, but that is entirely customer-driven, and just places the order in a queue to start at a point chosen by the system so that it will be delivered at the promised time. Once the order is initiated, it will be delivered immediately, there is no logistical system in place to do anything else.
The new section should be at the bottom of the main page. Simply scroll to see new items.
> If those individuals got together and agreed that maximizing shareholder profit was no longer the common aim, the digital infrastructure could be different.

The article refers to "those individuals" as FAANG CEO's.

This article's stance that we just need big tech to forgo profits for the good of the people seems outrageous to me. Yes I would love to see it happen but I know it would never happen. Even if twitter, for example, made their algorithmic feed less addictive then that would just leave an opening for a competitor to come take market share.

Even if our government somehow mandated that big tech cannot tune their algorithms to consume the max amount of attention (<- BTW I have no idea how that could be done) then how would it be regulated? Open source code? Government issued devices? Also what happens with non-US companies, like tik-tok, that dont have to follow this "be good" principle?

This is just another vice created by technology that must be resisted by people in order to have a happy and balanced life. Another good example is food. Today's food is so addictive processed that we must resist in order to be happy. These vices did not previously exist.
Neat that the continuing lineage of the original client is still on today’s app stores, though re-thought a bit in 2020:

”Mail.ru Group developed the ICQ New messenger based on the original ICQ, the company told Kommersant. It has been available in application stores since April 6 and is installed by updating the existing messenger.”

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/icq-messenger-video-calling/id...

I think it just hit version 10.0 from mail.ru team. Surprised the article references version 10 back in 2019, as the version on my iPad is 9.9 from 24 Dec 2020, and the pending update is version 10. Maybe desktop and mobile versions differ?

As the article notes, client was launched in 1996 from Mirabilis, an Israeli company, AOL bought the client in 1998, and then mail.ru bought it in 2010. On mobile, they relaunched as “ICQ New” at version 9.0.1 in spring 2020.
What happened with your publications when you used the “awesome” template?

(I’ve made your account free for life to encourage you to test it out some more.)
Care to provide a source for your claims about Signal?
I just tried https://hckrnews.com. It's nice to have a feed of posts that made it to the front page.
+1, though sadly Ontario has cut their tax credit so it's just Federal for us now.
China hasn’t been a colony since when? 100 years ago? Then it was Japanese colonialism. So Asian colonialization of other Asians. Then China decided on a political system that stunted their growth for 40 years. Vietnam stunted their growth for 25 years. Yet we blame the white man?
Very interesting... I wonder why they went that way instead of PCIe... (I assumed that TB always meant that PCIe endpoints were used for Thunderbolt)
Ah, that's right, for some reason I confused them!
It seems like keyboard and mouse require very minimal movements it's kind of boring.
I'm not sure how to explain it sorry.
I have also been through many hurricanes. A point you're missing is that places like a gas stations are prioritized to getting power back on over a place like your house. In one large hurricane as a kid, my house didn't get power back for almost a month.

With that said, many places on the coast have improved a lot by building power lines underground. We never even lost power in the last storm I went through a few years ago.
Interesting one, I think the difference is that you dont really control where your data is, it's like IPFS? I am surprised they managed to have queries, I will dig deeper into that thanks.
Telegram's clients are also FOSS. Anyway, I am not advocating for Telegram. Just stating my trust feelz with Signal and Telegram. I wouldn't use either for anything where my mere association would be a risk.
Without insects for pollination, it will be difficult to feed the current, let alone the growing, world population. At least at a reasonable price.

Artificial pollination works. Just not at the price that nature "demands".

And of course, climate change will play a massive role. But so will the sixth extinction.

Given the fact that we have studies showing -75% of insects in some regions (of Germany) [1], I feel that the system is already way out of bounds.

[1]: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
I've been a Prime member since it came out, but lately it's just been awful. Packages will say "delivered" but then either the photo is of someone else's porch or there just isn't a photo. I have their Ring doorbell and I offer to show them no events were triggered. They always say "oh, we must have marked it delivered too early, please wait 48 hours". Then, 48 hours later they offer to refund me and I have to start over. I've asked if they can please only deliver via UPS but they say that's not an option.
See also, past discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25902809
Not GP, but imo Yes.

Singapore is the best example of a monoculture in a diverse environment. Systematic rejection of one community and elevation of the other in government, education, military, etc. Not to mention how difficult it is to get citizenship if you're not Chinese in some form.

Also where are Singapore's innovations? Apart from building a fancy city, they have done nothing. Many Singaporeans comfortable enough and well off that I know often rush to settle down in Australia or USA or the UK, especially in tech. Why is that?

Singapore is a really good magnet for entrepreneurs from other places, but nothing much otherwise. A very artificial place with zero arts and culture - heck, they destroyed their primary language (Cantonese) in schools so as to be cozy with China for business.
Or ... is it that the restrictions are the thing keeping the hospitals from going over capacity?
I still have my 6-digit ICQ from when I was in university. Prior to Napster we would share our music collection over ICQ. By the time we graduated most of my contacts were on AIM. I only began using it again once I moved abroad and my co-workers, mostly East European, were on it. They knew I was old based on the number of digits in my UID :-).

Each subsequent company I worked at had a different preferred chat app: ICQ, AIM, Skype, MSN.
Privacy-Friendly Services: Why Do People Delete WhatsApp?
ASML
In practice, I wonder how many companies will pass this 1.2% fee just onto their UK customers versus how many will just eat it (or I guess distribute it among all their customers). In America, our credit card fees are typically double what even the UK is paying now, but almost nowhere passes that just onto card users. It's not worth the hassle and potential outrage.
This "both sides of an argument" thing is poisoning logic. Somethings dont have 2 sides. The earth is round, for instance.
Is it just me? When I go to HN it seems to default to new.
I've wondered why UPS, USPS, and FedEx (and others) haven't tried to start their own prime-type programs. Charge me an annual or monthly fee and then any delivery to me from any participating retailer is free.
How does it compare to RTree?
They (or a 3rd party dev) could also make a two-column layout, one for popular, one for new.

I'm pretty sure Reddit has the same problem though, and only the diehard followers of a subreddit actually bother to look in new.
(I'm going to assume it's not sarcastic)

Pretty much the entire world is trying to get rid of Coal on their grid. It's expensive and has (rightfully) a bad image.

So let's assume a brand new car lasts 10 years, by the time that car is ready to be changed, the grid has evolved to the point coal is irrelevant. The whole operation is still better than a buying a new petrol car.
Rumor: Tencent raising billions to buy EA, Take-Two, or others
the sound effects :D
What proof do you have that decentralization technology furthers public interest?

I'm sorry, but the institutions are in place today precisely because it is society that upholds them or tears them down. The gears may turn slowly when it comes to implementing change, but they very much are answerable to the public in democratic societies.
ZeroCovid – For a European Shutdown in Solidarity
Kind of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%22-gate%22_scandals

It isn't comprehensive, though.
Baked beans included with the ZX Spectrum model <3 http://rockybergen.com/whatsnew/2019/8/17/sinclair-zx-spectr...
> For the average small yard, it's easier to buy a 55gal drum of gasoline and a manual pump if you can anticipate the need.

If someone on planning on doing this, make sure to get 'boat' gas or ethanol free gas. Gas containing ethanol is not made to be stored and separates/attracts water.

http://www.lcbamarketing.com/phase_separation_in_ethanol_ble...
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Regulated by who? UK govt should regulate what Mastercard charges in Europe? Or European govt should regulate what they charge customers outside their region?
Perception of almost anything can be influenced in many subtle and not-so-subtle ways. For most people, wine is considered a challenging topic to understand in depth, and so most feel they are initially at serious disadvantage before taking a sip. Price is something everyone understands...and so is a powerful influence. Trying to suppress that is awfully hard. I would say that some expensive wine could taste better...subjective aspects of taste aside. Some wines begin with hand-harvested grapes...and only the very best of those make it into the barrel. Huge amount of labour and huge amount of grapes that don't make the grade. Perhaps the resulting wine will taste better...better grapes mean better wine. Perhaps it is only marginally better...but the costs to get that incremental benefit are enormous.
> 50% chance of getting what you ordered vs some fake knockoff

I don't think I've ever received a counterfeit item from Amazon and I get something from there at least once a week.
> "As a result of the UK leaving the EEA, Mastercard will adapt interchange rates on UK cards to the commitments it gave the European Commission in 2019 for non-EEA card transactions," the company said.

They are regulated, they're just allowed to charge more for EEA to non-EEA than they are EEA to EEA.
"Works" in Safari on MacOS.

However, there appears to be two phases of blur. The first starts immediately, the second is a total blur and starts well after I've started scrolling and doesn't unbar until well after I've stopped scrolling.

The whole thing is horrible from a UI perspective.
This happened to me on my phone and it was driving me crazy for a few days until I noticed the browser switched the HP for the New page in the Popular section above the bookmarks. Maybe a variant of this is happening for you.
Works on Firefox 84 for me (but laggy).
How about displaying one random new item at the top of the front page, clearly separated from the popular list?

That would give each new item enough of a visibility sample that interesting stuff gets seen.
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